Washing-machine



(No Model.)

B n .Hm MM MM n m m WW No. 593,596. Patented Nov. 16,- 1897.

I: NORHIS PEYEFIS cia, PNOTOvLITHQ. WASHINCH UNITED STATES lVILLIAMI'IENEY MEYER, OF AFTON, MINNESOTA.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,596, dated November16, 1897. A plication filed December 29, 1896. Serial No. 617,356. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, IVILLIAM HENRY MEYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Afton, in the county Of lVashington and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Phis invention relates to washing-machines of that class employing aswin ging or osoillatin g rubber In ounted within a tub-body, and theobject of the same is to eeet certain improvements 011 Patent No.252,493, issued to me on January 17, 1882.

T0 this end the invention consists in the specific details hereinafterdescribed and distinguished from that which was covered by my formerpatent, and the whole being shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure 1 is an end elevation of the machine partly broken away, with therubber swung out of the tub and inverted. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewand Showing the parts in position.

The same letters of reference are employed, as nearly as possible, thatocourred in my former patent and reference-numerals are used for partswhich were not shown therein.

Beferring to the drawings, the letter A designates a semicylindricaltubmountecl on supporting-legs B and having ribs co secured along itsbottom on the interior, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, while theupper edges of its ends are notched, as at 1, and the top of this tub isclosed by a removable cover (not shown) and forming no part of thepresent invention.

C C are two segmental plates standing within the tub and having theircurvecl edges substantially parallel with the curvature of its bottom,such edges being connected by longitudinal ribs b, connecting the twosegments. The latter form a fourth or hfth of a complete circle, and atthe ends of the series of ribs h are cross-bars,standing on edge withrespect to the ribs h and having curvecl outer faces 3. I have foundthat unless these cross-bars are employed the Clothes being washed arequite liable to form a bundle, which wedges during the movements of themachine into the space between the rubber and the ribbed bottom of thetub, and hence I consider the use of such shaft and downinto the upperends of the segmental plates C C, as best seen in Fig. 2. By such meansthe segmental plates are always held at a proper angle to the Shaft D,unless it is desired to remove them for cleansing or repair, while thehandle E is integral with the shaft, and hence stands at a permanentangle thereto, and. this I consider an improvement over the set-screwsformerly employed, for the latter were liable to become loose orrusted-hence being too free or too tight, as the Case might be.

The letters F F designate two le vers pivoted, as at o, to the outsideof the tub-body A upon either side and at one side of the notches, andin their outer'ends are bearings in which the extreinities of the ShaftD are journaled at points outside the tub-body, and hence outside thepoints of connection of the segrnents C therewith, one journal beingalso inside the handle E. To the inner ends of these levers and on theside opposite the journals of the shaft D are connected the extremitiesof a U-shaped handle G, standing upright when the Shaft is within thenotches, and which handle may have at suitable point or points on itsbody a handpiece or handpieces 10 for a purpose to appear below.

11 are brackets secured to the ends of the tub-body at the other side ofthe notches, and attached thereto is one of the extremities Of V-shapedSprings 12, whose other extrernities bear upward beneath the outer endsof the levers F, thus tending to raise the Shaft D and its rubber offthe clotheswithin the tub.

All parts Of this machineare of the preferred materials andconstruction, except as heroin described, and considerable change in thespecilic details may be made without departing from the principle-of myinvention:

The operation of my improved washingmachine is as followsz By drawingoutward and downward the handle E and handpiece 10 until the handleStrikes a rung connecting the legs Of the body, as seen in Fig. 1, theshaft D is elevated so as to raise the entire rubber Cl out of thetub-body, as seen in Fig. 1. The clothes or articles to be washed arethen inserted, together'with the proper amount of suds and water, andthe rubber brought back to operative position. In the act of swingingthe rubber back to place the shaft D of con I'se enters the notches 1 inthe tub-body. Meanwhile the free or outer ends of thelevers F strike andrest upon the tips of the springs 12, which are conveniently placed atthe opposite Sides of the notches from the pivots 0, and the Springssupport such ends and the Shaft D at a proper elevation to hold the ribsl at an average distance above the ribs c, that will admit the clothesbetween the two ribbed surfa'ces. The handle E is then reciprocated in amanner which will be clear, and its movement causes the rubber to moveback and forth over`and slightly above the corrngatecl bottom of thetub, the handpiece 10, which stands in convenient position, beingmeanwhile pressed by the other hand ofthe operator in proper directionto cause the rubber to bear downward upon the clothes and press thebottom of the tab-body. the cross-bars 2, however, holds the clothesbestwashing possible and prevent the clothes from lumping or rollinginto a bundle, the unthe center remains dirty. The springs 10 pre- Ventthe entire weight of the shaft ancl rubber from bearing the olothes toofirmly downward upon the ribs Ct of the tub, and yet their pressure maybe overcome partially or entirely by bearing on the handpieces 10 of thehandle Gr. v After the clothes are washed the rubber is swung out asbefore and the cleansed clothing removed and new articles substituted ifthe operation is to be continued. If the rubber is to be removed forCleansing or repair, the

sorews '7 are withdrawri until the clip-plates 6 can be removed, whenthe segrnents 0 can be easily detachecl from the Shaft D; but when Ithese segment-s are again connected therewith they will necessarilystand at the same angle to the Shaft by reason of the flattened portions5 5 thereof.

I might add that the shaft D is preferably of metal, as may also be thehandle Gr, while the remaining parts are preferably of wood.

Any additions that may occur to the manufacturer maybe made withoutdeparting from my invention in the least.

What is claimed as new is- In a washing-machine,the combination with atub-body ribbed on its interior and notched at the upper `edges of itsends, a Shaft standing within said notches, an upright handle Secured tosaid shaft, and segments pendentfrom the shaft and havingconnecting-ribs parallel with those Of the body; of levers pivoted.tothe tub-body at one side of the notches therein, bearings in the outerends of the 16- vers supporting the extremities of the shaft,

l a handle connecting the inner ends of the lethem against the ribs c onthe-inner face of The presence of j Side of its notches, and V-shapedSprings each approximately flat, so that they receive the vers andleading over the body, brackets secured to the ends of the latter at theopposite Secured at one end to one of the brackets and having its otherend. sustainirig the outer end of one lever and hence one extremity ofthe desirable results of which are that the exterior I surfaces of suchbundle only are washed ,while t Shaft, substantally as described.

In tiastimony whereof I have hercunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM I-IENEY MEYER.

Witnesses:

L. FEESER, J r., Gno. E. SOALES.

